AP Govt staff gets 27% interim relief
In a New Year gift to State Government employees, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Thursday announced interim relief of 27 per cent with effect from January 1, 2014.
This decision will benefit about 9.2 lakh Government staff and 5.5 lakh pensioners. The move will have additional financial burden of Rs 7,681 crore for full year and Rs 1,920 crore for three months during the period up to March 31, 2014.
Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said the decision to provide interim relief was taken by the Government in spite of lower revenue collections during first nine months compared to what was initially projected.
In all about 14 lakh employees of Government staff and nearly 70 lakh people, covering members of these Government staff will also benefit from this new initiative to provide them health cards. He said a steering committee will be constituted to monitor the progress of issue of these cards to staffers and their family members.
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Most appealing part of the sanction of AP Government is in recognition of Senior citizens all round.Perhaps, the New Year to bring some sense of happiness to working class too.A message from slakshmanrao3@gmail.com
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